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Effective altruists writing about almost anything is highly amusing.

I suggest as a followup essay: Art seems like a high priority. Research suggests you can make yourself like a painting by taking a special drug cocktail while staring at it for six hours.



Effective altruist after trying various drugs: "ensuring a steady supply of cocaine for everyone seems like a high priority..."


Why go through all of that effort when you can just describe what you like and let the computer's imagination bang away at it until it creates something that moves you?

'crowds worshipping a ufo that has crash landed in the desert' - https://imgur.com/a/acdbLVu

(courtesy colab notebook by http://twitter.com/rivershavewings )


I guess pleasure/endorphins seem like a high priority.




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